Fighting About Fighting - 60 min.

“As with most couples, probably, most of our fights were not about anything, but rather about fighting itself,” Rob Sheffield Love is a Mixtape.

Each pair drawing their particular sparring ring. Pulling the ropes taut with righteousness or loosening them in rapprochement.

 

Side A.

1. “Always Right, Ramona Falls.

2. "Whatever I Do is Right,” The Clean.

3. “Academy Fight Song,” Mission of Burma.

4. “As We Go Up We Go Down,” Guided by Voices.

5. “The Argument,” Fugazi.

6. “Worms vs. Birds,” Modest Mouse.

7. “Never Mind,” The Replacements.

8. “I am the Resurrection,” The Stone Roses.

 

Side B

1. “Don’t Cry,” Deerhunter.

2. “Aisumasen (I’m Sorry),” John Lennon.

3. “Give Me Another Chance,” Big Star.

4. “Let’s Kiss and Make Up,” Wilson Pickett.

5. “Iron Out the Rough Spots,” Nolan Porter.

6. “Open the Door,” Otis Redding.

7. “It’s Raining,” Irma Thomas.

8. “I’m Free Now,” Morphine.

9. “Love Me Till the Sun Shines,” The Kinks.

10. “Wave a White Flag,” Elvis Costello.

Petitio Principii - 60 min.

Begging the question, which is the taking of a thing for true or for granted, and drawing conclusions from it as such, when it is really dubious, perhaps false, or at least wants to be proved, before any inferences ought to be drawn from it.  

Side A.

  1. “Recoil,” Magazine.
  2. “Treachery,” Unwound.
  3. “Two People in a Room,” Wire.
  4. “BLAM!!,” Swell Maps.
  5. “Shut Up,” The Monks.
  6. “Train,” Mission of Burma.
  7. “Words Disobey Me,” The Pop Group.
  8. “Guilt Parade,” The Birthday Party.
  9. “Over and Over,” Cabaret Voltaire.

Side B.

  1. “Hate, Love,” Young Jazz Rebels.
  2. “Untitled,” Secret Drum Band.
  3. “Two Against Three,” Brian Eno & David Byrne.
  4. “B is for Burning,” Zs.
  5. “Sharks,” Lounge Lizards.
  6. “Contempt,” John Zorn.
  7. “This is Where No-One Worked Out,” Vibracathedral Orchestra.

Nearly Yielding - 60 min.

“As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death,” George Bernard Shaw, Overruled.

Side A.

  1. “I Want What I Can’t Have,” The Smiths.
  2. “I Can Only Give You Everything,” Them.
  3. “Call On Me,” Captain Beefheart.
  4. “Words Fail Me,” The Sound.
  5. “Molly’s Lips,” The Vaselines.
  6. “Cake Shop Girl,” Swell Maps.
  7. “Into You Like A Train,” Psychedelic Furs.
  8. “Fluid,” The Gerbils.
  9. “À nos amours” [excerpt], Feu Thérèse.
  10. “Semoline,” Nick Jaina.
  11. “I Go Wild,” The Bats.

Side B.

  1. “Almost Gold,” The Jesus and Mary Chain.
  2. “Desire Lines,” Deerhunter.
  3. “Light of Love,” Miracles Club.
  4. “Heartbeat,” Blackbird Blackbird.
  5. “Arm Around You,” Arthur Russell.
  6. “Arms Around Me,” Jens Lekman.

Consolation Prize - 60 min.

Side A.

  1. “Pop Doormat,” The Dancing Cigarettes.
  2. “Changing Hearts,” Polyrock.
  3. “Johnny and Mary,” Robert Palmer.
  4. “How Can U Luv Me,” Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
  5. “Bad Lover,” Small Black.
  6. “The Hardest Walk,” The Jesus and Mary Chain.
  7. “Off Your Face.” My Bloody Valentine.
  8. “Why Baby,” The Aislers Set.
  9. “Waste Away,” Those Darlins.
  10. “Today It’s You,” Marmoset.

Side B.

  1. “Tractor Rape Chain,” Guided By Voices.
  2. “Give it Up,” Talk Talk.
  3. “I Can’t Stay Here Tonight,” Clem Snide.
  4. “Raindrops,” Tindersticks.
  5. “I Tried to Leave You,” Leonard Cohen.
  6. “I’m Loving Nothing,” The Impressions.
  7. “Too Tired,” DeVotchKa.
  8. “Dirty Dishes,” Deer Tick.

One More Time With [a Different] Feeling - 90 min.

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Side A.

  1. “Thunder Road,” Tortoise and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
  2. “Graceland,” Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.
  3. “The Garden,” Robin Washburn and Jill McNamara.
  4. “Hybrid Moments,” Elf Power.
  5. “Another Girl, Another Planet,” The Replacements.
  6. “Teenage Riot,” Red House Painters.
  7. “Here Comes My Baby,” Yo La Tengo.
  8. “Can’t Hardly Wait,” Justin Townes Earle.
  9. “Revelator,” Nick Jaina.
  10. “Wayfairing Stranger,” Neko Case.
  11. “Use Me,” Jim White.
  12. “Fortunate Son,” Cat Power.

Side B.

  1. “Down in the Valley,” Otis Redding.
  2. “I Love How You Love Me,” Bryan Ferry.
  3. “Leave Me Alone,” Destroyer.
  4. “Mercy Street,” Fever Ray.
  5. “So Cruel,” Depeche Mode.
  6. “Breakin’ the Law,” Yacht.
  7. “Paranoid,” Girl Crisis.
  8. “Voice in Headphones,” Mount Eerie.
  9. “So Long Maryanne,” Bill Callahan.
  10. “A Little Lost,” Jens Lekman.
  11. “Ceremony,” Galaxy 500.